Certainly the Naughty Nineties (1890s). I am sure that someone on radio
four was talking about the '60s (meaning the 1860s) the other day, but I
wasn't paying too much attention. I suspect it wasn't a personal
reminiscence but a quote - unless of course it was Jack Woolley in his
declining moments...
Why d***heads?
Paul
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> when, I wonder, did people start talking about the past in
> terms of decades? the 60s were this, the 70s were that etc.
> obviously cultural change does not conveniently fit such
> arbitrary divisions. Have seen reference to the "70s" (1870s)
> in a bok published c.a. 1947, so it goes back at least that far.
>
> p g-b
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